'I feel like I'm going to be sick': Moment Taylor Armstrong was forced to sell wedding ring from late husband Russell to settle financial debt

Taylor Armstrong was seen breaking down in tears as she discovered she would have to forfeit her wedding ring from her late husband in order to settle a debt.

The emotional scenes were aired on Monday night's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as she was given the bombshell news by her lawyer in a phone conversation.

Taylor, 41, said she felt sick as she was told she would have to relinquish her $250,000 10-karat ring which was given to her by Russell, who committed suicide in August 2011.

Breaking down: Taylor Armstrong was seen getting tearful in last night's episode of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills upon learning she was going to have to sell her wedding ring

'I feel sick': The reality star was forced to surrender the jewellery item from her late husband Russell in order to settle a debt

The mother-of-one was caught up in a $1.5m lawsuit with one of her deceased husband's business associates, medical company MMRGlobal over financial obligations relating to Russell.

'I feel like I'm going to be sick,' Taylor said breaking down in tears during the phone conversation with her lawyer.

'I can't imagine someone even having the guts to ask someone for their wedding ring.'

Sparkler: It had a value of around $250,000

Taylor recently opened up in a Bravo blog about the 'scary' legal battle.

'To learn that they wanted my wedding ring to settle was heart-wrenching,' she explained.

'I wasn't wearing the ring and the material object wasn't important to me but, it felt like letting go all over again.'

Taylor said the ring was one of a 'very few' happy mementos Russell left behind in the wake of his tragic death and that she hoped to give it to their young daughter Kennedy one day to wear when she got married.

'In the end, it was the right thing to do to settle and to let go of my ring,' she went on in the blog.

'The pressure was too great and I couldn't keep fighting and spending a fortune on attorneys.'

Taylor's relationship with Russell - who she accused of being physically abusive towards - featured in previous seasons on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

She was apparently planning to divorce the 47-year-old businessman at the time his suicide, which happened around the time Russell in the midst of spiralling financial problems.

Troubled marriage: Russell and Taylor in an earlier season of the Bravo show